Javier Mascherano
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Javier Mascherano is an Argentine former professional footballer renowned as a tenacious defensive midfielder and defender for clubs like Liverpool and Barcelona and for his long, influential career with the Argentina national team.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Javier Mascherano canonical | 5 |
| Javier Alejandro Mascherano | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8176912 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Javier Mascherano Context triple: [FIFA World Cup All-Star Team 2010, includesPlayer, Javier Mascherano]
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A.
Xabi Alonso
Xabi Alonso is a Spanish former professional footballer and current manager, renowned as a deep-lying playmaker for clubs like Liverpool, Real Madrid, and Bayern Munich as well as the Spanish national team.
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B.
Andrés Iniesta
Andrés Iniesta is a legendary Spanish midfielder renowned for his vision, technique, and decisive performances for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team, including scoring the winning goal in the 2010 World Cup final.
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C.
Sergio Ramos
Sergio Ramos is a Spanish professional footballer renowned as one of the greatest defenders of his generation, known for his leadership, goal-scoring ability, and long, trophy-laden career with Real Madrid and the Spanish national team.
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D.
Cesc Fàbregas
Cesc Fàbregas is a Spanish former professional footballer and World Cup winner renowned as one of the Premier League’s finest creative midfielders, noted for his vision, passing range, and playmaking for clubs such as Arsenal and Chelsea.
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E.
Xavi Hernández
Xavi Hernández is a legendary Spanish midfielder and current football manager, renowned for orchestrating FC Barcelona’s tiki-taka era and winning multiple Champions League and World Cup titles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Javier Mascherano Target entity description: Javier Mascherano is an Argentine former professional footballer renowned as a tenacious defensive midfielder and defender for clubs like Liverpool and Barcelona and for his long, influential career with the Argentina national team.
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A.
Xabi Alonso
Xabi Alonso is a Spanish former professional footballer and current manager, renowned as a deep-lying playmaker for clubs like Liverpool, Real Madrid, and Bayern Munich as well as the Spanish national team.
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B.
Andrés Iniesta
Andrés Iniesta is a legendary Spanish midfielder renowned for his vision, technique, and decisive performances for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team, including scoring the winning goal in the 2010 World Cup final.
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C.
Sergio Ramos
Sergio Ramos is a Spanish professional footballer renowned as one of the greatest defenders of his generation, known for his leadership, goal-scoring ability, and long, trophy-laden career with Real Madrid and the Spanish national team.
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D.
Cesc Fàbregas
Cesc Fàbregas is a Spanish former professional footballer and World Cup winner renowned as one of the Premier League’s finest creative midfielders, noted for his vision, passing range, and playmaking for clubs such as Arsenal and Chelsea.
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E.
Xavi Hernández
Xavi Hernández is a legendary Spanish midfielder and current football manager, renowned for orchestrating FC Barcelona’s tiki-taka era and winning multiple Champions League and World Cup titles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
association football player
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central defender ⓘ defensive midfielder ⓘ human ⓘ |
| captained | Argentina national football team ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Argentina ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1984-06-08 ⓘ |
| familyName | Mascherano ⓘ |
| fullName |
Javier Alejandro Mascherano
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linked to:
Javier Mascherano
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| givenName | Javier ⓘ |
| height | 1.74 m ⓘ |
| managedTeam |
Argentina under-20 national team
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linked to:
Argentina national under-20 football team
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| nationalTeam |
Argentina Olympic football team
ⓘ
linked to:
Argentina national football teams
Argentina national football team ⓘ |
| notableFor | tenacious ball-winning and tactical intelligence as a defensive midfielder ⓘ |
| numberOfInternationalCaps | 147 ⓘ |
| occupation | football coach ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
2006 FIFA World Cup
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2010 FIFA World Cup ⓘ 2014 FIFA World Cup ⓘ 2018 FIFA World Cup ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
San Lorenzo, Santa Fe, Argentina
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linked to:
San Lorenzo, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
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| playedFor |
Argentina under-20 national team
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linked to:
Argentina national under-20 football team
Corinthians ⓘ
linked to:
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
Estudiantes de La Plata ⓘ FC Barcelona ⓘ Hebei China Fortune ⓘ
linked to:
Hebei F.C.
Liverpool FC ⓘ
linked to:
Liverpool F.C.
River Plate ⓘ West Ham United ⓘ
linked to:
West Ham United F.C.
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| positionPlayed |
centre-back
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defensive midfielder ⓘ |
| retired | 2020 ⓘ |
| shirtNumber | 14 ⓘ |
| won |
2004 Olympic gold medal in football
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2008 Olympic gold medal in football ⓘ Copa América 2004 runner-up ⓘ Copa América 2007 runner-up ⓘ Copa América 2015 runner-up ⓘ Copa América Centenario 2016 runner-up ⓘ FIFA Club World Cup 2011 ⓘ
linked to:
FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup 2015 ⓘ
linked to:
FIFA Club World Cup
La Liga 2010–11 ⓘ La Liga 2012–13 ⓘ La Liga 2014–15 ⓘ La Liga 2015–16 ⓘ La Liga 2017–18 ⓘ UEFA Champions League 2010–11 ⓘ
linked to:
UEFA Champions League Final 2011
UEFA Champions League 2014–15 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Javier Mascherano Description of subject: Javier Mascherano is an Argentine former professional footballer renowned as a tenacious defensive midfielder and defender for clubs like Liverpool and Barcelona and for his long, influential career with the Argentina national team.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Javier Mascherano